The Japanese, at least, have made the most of the criticism - warranted or not.īefore you yell that Spelunky is from 2009, take a look at the screenshot above.
Whether that’s made us better or worse is hard to say. Should we hold developers and publishers responsible when they fail to issue patches that improve the experience for everyone? Do we have the right to boast that Western games and development are superior to that of another country, especially one that’s contributed so much to the medium? Polytron delivered one of the best indie games of the year, but it also gave the industry something much more valuable: an attitude adjustment. The complexity of the space Gomez inhabits is what leads to the game’s many brainteasers, but the peaceful visuals and soundtrack encourage impatient players to slow down and reflect.Īlthough widely praised, Fez is the center of a big controversy - and host to criticism - because of the game’s glitches and the perhaps inadequate steps that Polytron and Microsoft took to fix them. Luckily, Fez’s charming style and engaging gameplay are as memorable as his antics, only better.įez puts a tiny, two-dimensional hero named Gomez in a world that you can rotate and explore three-dimensionally. Creator Phil Fish lashed out against gamers and Japanese developers in the spring, and he won few people over with his personality. We might as well get the elephant out of the room first: Fez is a smart and challenging puzzle-platformer with bad associations.
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